Just Read! is a reading and dyslexia awareness program that supports ALL modes of reading! It challenges the notion that reading with our eyes is better than other types of reading. It promotes LISTENING to books while raising money to support the programs of Dreaming Dyslexic. You can help by becoming a READER or DONATING!
Help us spread awareness that ALL modes of reading are created equal!
Readers
Sign up as a READER on our rallyup.com fundraising page to help us reach our $2,000 goal. Set personal reading and fundraising goals and ask your family and friends to sponsor you. For every $50 you raise, your name will be entered once into our prize drawings. Other prizes are available for meeting fundraising goals!
Most readathons focus on students reading a set number of pages. For dyslexic students, this is often a difficult task. Our readathon measures the number of minutes spent listening to an audiobook, listening to another person read out loud, or reading braille. There are still misconceptions that children do not get the same benefits from "ear reading" as they do from "eye reading." It is important to realize that other ways of reading, should be considered real reading. Ben Foss, the author of The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan and creator of Headstrong Nation, explains that we need to get over the feeling that listening to books is somehow cheating or not real reading. Dyslexic himself, Foss points out that we don't question that blind people read with their fingers. We also need to understand that many people with dyslexia read with their ears. He encourages the use of the terms “eye reading,” “ear reading” and “finger reading” to encompass the variety of ways to read.
An article from Discover Magazine explains that when researchers scanned the brains of people reading printed words vs listening to an audiobook, they discovered that the same areas of the brain were stimulated. You can read the complete article here.
Benefits of Reading with Audiobooks
Help us spread awareness that ALL modes of reading are created equal!
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Books featuring characters with dyslexia or a learning difference.
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Dreaming Dyslexic is a nonprofit organization that brings dyslexic youth together to remove the sense of isolation and discouragement that can come with being dyslexic. Our goal is to connect, inspire, and encourage dyslexic kids. Donations will allow us to offer more free/low-cost programs for dyslexic youth in 2021.